Computer Science Pioneers
Comments nominate and debate figures like Alan Turing, Donald Knuth, and John von Neumann as exemplars or epitomes of computer science, often in response to a highlighted individual.
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this guy is the epitome of computer science (along with Knuth)
Tell this to Alan Turing or Alonzo Church.
That Turing guy was on to something..
You left Alan Turing off that list
Is anyone reminded of Alan Turing?
Interesting. Sounds like John von Neumann, who was famous for this.
Why do Ada Lovelace or Grace Hopper count as forgotten?
IMHO: Linus, Alan Kay, Alan Turing
Nobody asked, but that person is Donald Knuth
John Von Neumann: the first redditor